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Executive Summary

“Strategic planning will help you fully uncover your available
options, set priorities for them, and define the methods to

achieve them.”
― Robert J. Mckain

Strategic planning is a systematic and continuous process where people make
decisions about intended future outcomes, how those outcomes are to be
accomplished and how success is measured and evaluated. This executive
summary is intended to provide an overview of the City of Watauga’s Strategic

Planning process.

Prior to 2019, the governing body met to review the City’s Strategic Plan during

the first quarter of the new calendar year. To provide greater guidance and
encompass new ideas discussed at the annual retreat, the Council now
completes the strategic planning process in the fourth quarter of the fiscal year,
which sets the priorities for future budgets. The Council also changed the plan

from a five-year plan to ten-year plan. The strategic planning process includes
goals and action items for upcoming fiscal years. During the first quarter of the
current fiscal year, the governing body finalizes the City’s Strategic Plan by

approval through a resolution. Under the current City Administration, the
Executive Team will complete its own planning session during the first quarter of
the fiscal year and develop an Action Plan that provides detailed tasks for
completion of the goals and action items assigned by the governing body.

Vision Statement

A Community that meets the needs of citizens by offering a high

quality of life through transparent governance.

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